Re rape in the Bible:
Yes, we all know about it! It's worth pointing out though that some of the
quotes you supply that we moderns naturally read as being anti-female, could
also be read as an attempt by the authors to give the women of that dark age
some rights! For example, take another look at this one:
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of
six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he
may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to
foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the
slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat
her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself
marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing
or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways,
she may leave as a free woman without making any payment.
